French GP: Toro Rosso Saturday qualifying notes

Comments from the Toro Rosso team after qualifying for the French Grand
Prix
Scott Speed:
"I was definitely not expecting to repeat yesterday's performance. We
like to keep our feet on the ground here at Toro Rosso! I had a good run
in Q1 and...

Comments from the Toro Rosso team after qualifying for the French Grand
Prix

Scott Speed:

"I was definitely not expecting to repeat yesterday's performance. We
like to keep our feet on the ground here at Toro Rosso! I had a good run
in Q1 and then the track conditions started to be a bit more difficult
for our car as it got more rubbered in."

"We struggled a lot with the front end, trying to get the front to grip
in the slow speed corners and that problem was worse in Q2. The car
balance in the high speed corners is good and quite driveable and it is
easy to produce a consistent performance with what I think should be a
good race car."

Tonio Liuzzi:

"The main problem I had today was traffic and I had been hoping to be
much higher up the order. We didn't get the right slot and paid the
consequences. There was a big mess in the pit lane as our neighbours were coming in
and out of their garage, causing a traffic jam."

"But my main problem was
the Spyker ahead of me on the track that made a mistake a cost me a lot
of time. I was three and a half tenths up on my first run time but I
lost the chance of going into Q2 because of that."

Giorgio Ascanelli, technical director:

"The cars ran okay today and were well balanced but with twelve cars
within three tenths of a second, it does not take much to make the
difference between the top of that group and the bottom of it. However,
maybe there are signs of some progress since North America."